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US 11,169,045 · App. 16/225,412 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Methods and systems for determining residual life of a swivel

Inventors: Gautham Ramamurthy (Bangalore, IN); Chandra Sekhar Panda (Bangalore, IN); Ishank Kumar Rawat (Bangalore, IN); Srishti Tiwari (Bangalore, IN); Anvith Bannur Gopinath (Bangalore, IN); Phaneendra Govindasetty Tirumani (Bangalore, IN); Don Johnson (Lebanon, OH)
Assignee: KNAPPCO, LLC
G01M3/2853G06T7/215F16L27/08F16L27/0804G06T2207/10016
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Patent No.
US 11,169,045
App. No.
16/225,412
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for determining a residual life of a swivel. The method includes determining at least one of an angular rotation, a linear displacement and a rotational direction of at least one swivel and determining rotational count of the at least one swivel based on the determined at least one of the angular rotation, the linear displacement and the rotational direction of the at least one swivel. Further, the method includes indicating a residual life information of the at least one swivel based on the determined rotational count of the at least one swivel. Further, the embodiments herein also provide an electronic device for determining residual life of a swivel.

Claims (14)

1. A method for determining a residual life of a swivel, comprising:

determining, by a sensor unit, at least one of an angular rotation, a linear displacement, and a rotational direction of at least one swivel, wherein determining the angular rotation of the at least one swivel comprises:

determining, by a micro controller unit, an orientation of the at least one swivel; and

determining, by the micro controller unit, an absolute orientation based on a roll, pitch, and yaw of the at least one swivel, wherein the angular rotation of the at least one swivel is determined from the absolute orientation;

determining, by the micro controller unit, a rotational count of the at least one swivel based on the determined at least one of the angular rotation, the linear displacement, and the rotational direction of the at least one swivel, wherein the rotational count includes at least one of a partial rotation and a complete rotation of the at least one swivel; and

indicating, by a display unit, residual life information of the at least one swivel based on the determined rotational count of the at least one swivel, wherein the residual life information includes a remaining number of rotations for the at least one swivel.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method further includes indicating, by the display unit, a visual alarm when the at least one swivel is nearing an end of its design life.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method further includes transmitting, by the display unit, the residual life information of the at least one swivel to at least one connected device through a wireless communication.

4. A swivel residual life detector for determining a residual life of a swivel, the swivel residual life detector comprising:

a sensor unit configured to determine at least one of an angular rotation, a linear displacement, and a rotational direction of the swivel, wherein determining the angular rotation of the swivel comprises determining an orientation of the at least one swivel and determining an absolute orientation based on a roll, pitch, and yaw of the at least one swivel, wherein the angular rotation of the at least one swivel is based on the determined absolute orientation of the at least one swivel;

a micro controller unit configured to determine a rotational count of the swivel based on the determined at least one of the angular rotation, the linear displacement, and the rotational direction of the swivel, wherein the rotational count includes at least one of a partial rotation and a complete rotation of the swivel; and

a display unit configured to indicate residual life information of the swivel based on the determined rotational count of the swivel, wherein the residual life information includes a remaining number of rotations for the swivel.

5. The swivel residual life detector as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the display unit is further configured to indicate a visual alarm when the swivel is nearing an end of its design life.

6. The swivel residual life detector as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the display unit further configured transmit the residual life information of the swivel to at least one connected device through a wireless communication.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2021
From: OPW-ENGINEERED SYSTEMS, INC.
To: KNAPPCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 056686/0906 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2019
From: RAMAMURTHY, GAUTHAM; PANDA, CHANDRA SEKHAR; RAWAT, ISHANK KUMAR; TIWARI, SRISHTI; GOPINATH, ANVITH BANNUR; TIRUMANI, PHANEENDRA GOVINDASETTY; JOHNSON, DON
To: OPW - ENGINEERED SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 048455/0613 →
Priority Claims (1)
IN 201741045526 · Dec 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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